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Women's Health West
Equity and justice for women in the west
Women's Health Needs Analysis for Melbourne's West
Respecting Community Capacity: A Health Promotion Framework
Sharing our knowledge and wisdom
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One of the challenges of health promotion is how to access and promote the voices and capacities of the most marginalised and disempowered population groups in our communities.
It is through listening to population groups that we can identify relevant and sustainable health promotion initiatives. In the words of one refugee, "It’s about hearing our stories, and sharing our knowledge and wisdom."
The aim of this framework is to help explore people’s experiences in a way that, most importantly, respects people’s voices and capacities; and that also recognises the impacts of structural factors on population health.
FIND OUT MORE about women in Melbourne's west in our data book.